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MEMORANDUM
CITY COUNCIL
TERESA McCLISH~MMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
AGENDA ITEM 9.a. -MARCH 25, 2014 CITY COUNCIL MEETING
CONSIDERATION OF GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT 14-001
AND DEVELOPMENT CODE AMENDMENT 14-003 TO CHANGE
THE LAND USE DESIGNATION AND PREZONE A 48.74-ACRE
PROPERTY (VTTM 3048, HEIGHTS AT VISTA DEL MAR)
ADJOINING THE CITY IN THE VICINITY OF CASTILLO DEL
MAR FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANNEXATION; APPLICANT-THE
HEIGHTS AT VISTA DEL MAR GROUP, LLC
MARCH 25, 2014
Staff has been in contact with the Sunrise Terrace Mobilehome Owners Association
("Association") regarding the addition of an emergency access easement on the VTTM
4038 property to serve the mobilehome park (see attached letter dated March 21, 2014
from Dennie Nuvell, President of the Association's Board of Directors). The mobile
home park abuts the project property to the southwest. There is an existing parking
easement that runs along the Association's back property line for RV storage, and a
fence with gate.
Staff also met with the applicant who is agreeable to providing an emergency access
easement in favor of the Association in the vicinity of the drainage basin. The applicant
has formally amended the project description to include the emergency access
easement (see attached email of today's date from Jason Blankenship on behalf of the
applicant). The Association would be responsible for constructing the access, which
would likely be 12' wide and compacted, but not paved. The easement description
details would occur with the final map, but the requirement is included in the attached
revised Resolution and Ordinance.
Attachment
cc: City Attorney
City Manager
City Clerk
Teresa McClish
From:
Sent:
Jason Blankenship Uasonone@charter.net]
Tuesday, March 25, 2014 2:50 PM
To:
Cc:
Subject:
Attachments:
Hi Teresa,
Teresa McClish
Kelly Heffernan
RE: PDF of road location
Access PDF F.pdf
As discussed, The Applicant formally amends our project description to offer access "only" for emergency purposes. as
generally depicted on the attached PDF/ map.
The Applicant reserves the right to move road location ( if needed) to protect the privacy of the lot.
Thanks,
Jason Blankenship
Land Acquisition & Entitlement
Innovative Housing Solutions Inc.
PO Box 2331
Pismo Beach Ca 93448
805-431-0906 Phone
805-556-0905 Fax
J asonone@charter.net
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RESOLUTION NO.
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WHEREAS, the Community Development Department has conducted CEQA initial
studies and concluded that environmental impacts associated with the project will be
mitigated to a less than significant level; and ·
WHEREAS, the City Council, after public hearing, consideration of all testimony and
evidence presented, finds the Mitigated Negative Declaration appropriate and adequate
pursuant to State and local CEQA laws and guidelines and reflects its independent
judgment and analysis; and
WHEREAS, the City Council, after a duly noticed public hearing on March 25, 2014,
consideration of the staff report, all testimony and evidence presented finds the
proposed land use map changes as shown on Exhibit "A" attached hereto and
incorporated herein by this reference, to be appropriate and consistent with the intent of
the 2001 General Plan Update adopted policies, specifically those policies in the
Housing Element and Land Use Element; and
WHEREAS, after consideration of all testimony and all relevant evidence, the City
Council has determined that the following General Plan Amendment findings can be
made in an affirmative manner:
1. The proposed amendment of GPA 14-001 to the 2001 General Plan land use
element designation provides consistency with the goals, objectives, policies and
programs of the General Plan Land Use and Housing Elements; and
2. The proposed GPA will not adversely affect the public health. safety, or welfare
with the addition of an emergency access easement in favor of Sunrise Terrace
Mobilehome Owners Association; and
3. The proposed GPA has been reviewed in compliance with the California
Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the State CEQA Guidelines, and the Arroyo
Grande Rules and Procedures for Implementation of CEQA and the City Council
has determined that the impacts of the proposed project as described and included
in a draft Initial Study and Mitigated Negative Declaration dated February 21, 2014,
have been reduced to an insignificant level.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Arroyo
Grande that the Mitigated Negative Declaration is hereby adopted and the amendments
to the General Plan Land Use Map as shown in Exhibit "A" are hereby approved.
ORDINANCE NO.
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WHEREAS, the Community Development Department has conducted CEQA initial
studies and concluded that environmental impacts associated with the project will be
mitigated to a less than significant level; and
WHEREAS, the City Council, after public hearing, consideration of the draft Mitigated
Negative Declaration, all testimony and evidence presented, finds the Mitigated
Negative Declaration appropriate and adequate pursuant to State and local CEQA laws
and guidelines and reflects its independent judgment and analysis; and
WHEREAS, the City Council, after a duly noticed public hearing on March 25, 2014,
consideration of the staff report, all testimony and evidence presented finds the
proposed changes to the zoning map as shown on Exhibit "A" attached hereto and
incorporated herein, to be appropriate and consistent with the intent of the 2001
General Plan Update adopted policies, specifically those policies in the Housing
Element and Land Use Element; and
WHEREAS, after consideration of all testimony and all relevant evidence, the City
Council has determined that the following Development Code Amendment findings can
be made in an affirmative manner:
1. The proposed amendment is consistent with the goals, objectives, policies and
programs of the general plan and will not result in any internal inconsistencies
within the plan. The proposed amendment satisfies the following objectives and
policies of the Land Use and Housing Elements of the General Plan: Policy
LU11-1.4, which requires the City to "restrict new urban single family, multiple
family and mobile home uses to infill areas adjacent to existing developments of
similar density"; Objective LU10, to "Promote a pattern of land use that protects
the integrity of existing land uses, area resources and infrastructure and involves
logical jurisdictional boundaries with adjacent communities and the County";
Housing Element Policy A. 1 stating the "City shall adopt policies, programs, and
procedures to attempt to meet the present and future needs of residents of the
City, and to aim at providing their fair share regional housing need allocated
(RHNA) for each income classification, within identified governmental, market,
economic and natural constraints"; and Policy A. 8 which states that "The City
may annex land on the urban edge to promote orderly growth and the
preservation of open space."
2. The proposed amendment will not adversely affect the public health, safety and
welfare with the addition of an emergency access easement in favor of Sunrise
Terrace Mobilehome Owners Association.
3. The proposed amendment will not result in an illogical land use pattern. There will
be adequate provisions for water, sanitation, public utilities and services to serve
the subject property. Specifically, water supply has been secured through water
RECEIVEO
MAR 21 2014
CITY OF ARROYO GRANDE
~ITV DEVELOPMENT
Sunrise Terrace Mobilehome Owners
Association
345 Sunrise Terrace Drive, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420
PH: 805.489.8430 FAX: 805.489.8431
345sunriseterrace@gmail.com
Bo111'd of Directors: Dennie Newell-Pres., Garry Schmidt-V.P., JoAnn White-Treas., Claudine Soares-Sect;
Directors: Ken Coffey, Don Poole, John Mellinger
March 21, 2014
Teresa McClish, Director
City of AG Community Development Department
300 E. Branch Street, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420
Dear Ms. McClish:
My name is Dennie Newell and I run writing on behalf of the Sumise Terrace Mobilehome Owners
Association (STMOA). Sumise Terrace is a Resident-Owned, Senior Community adjacent to the
southwestern boundary of The Heights at Vista Del Mar (HVDM). We support the proposed
development of the HVDM; however, we have two concerns to bring to your attention.
Our first concem deals with access to and from our park in case of an emergency. We have 300 homes
and about 450 senior residents in our mobile home park with one street (Sumise Terrace Drive) that
provides our only means of ingress and egress. We have RV parking along a chain link fence that
separates our property from HVDM. A few years ago, we evacuated two adjacent RV parking spaces,
marked them a 11 No Parking" zone and put a 20 1 gate in that fence, so we now have an alternate means of
emergency access. In the event of an emergency that blocks Valley Road or makes Sumise Terrace Drive
impassable, we could open the gate in our fence and access the dirt road that traverses this development
and connects Vista Del Mar and Falcon Ridge; then, we could use one of the swinging gates to gain
access to either of those developments and safely evacuate our residents to the north or south. This route
is included in our State of CA mandated Emergency Preparedness and Evacuation Plan (EPEP) which
was adopted in September 2010. We have one other alternate means of escape that goes through our
Maintenance Yard, through a 10' fence and adjacent 4' fence and across the neighboring farm land, but
that route still takes us to Valley Road. We would appreciate your consideration for a permanent means
of access using the gate in our fence (which we will relocate if necessary) and one or more of the
easements already noted on the HVDM Tract map so that, in an emergency, if Valley Road or access to it
is lost, we will still have an alternate means of access out of the park for our residents or into the park by
emergency responders. With regard to the Final Tract map, we recently noticed that map does not reflect
a perpetual right-of-way/easement which has been granted to our park and I have included copies of
recorded documents verifying that right of way/easement. And finally, with respect to this alternate
means of ingress and egress for Sumise Terrace, I notice HVDM also has only one road in and out so, in
an emergency, this could serve as alternate means of access for their residents or responders as well.
Our second concem is to assure that the water runoff from this development does not adversely impact
our property and residents during heavy rains (that hopefully will return one day). We have studied the
October 2008 Final EIR Addendum and it appears mitigation measures are included to address this
concern through the use of a metered-release retention basin. We believe this report reads that the basin
and water release mechanism will be monitored and maintained in perpetuity by the HVDM Home
Owners Association and the metered releases from that basin will result in downstream flows that are
equal to or less than those we experienced before the development ofHVDM. We would appreciate
confirmation from the developer and the City of AG that our assessment of this issue is correct.
Thank you very much in advance for your consideration.
Sincerely,
~eV
Phillip D (Dennie) Newell, President
STMOA Board of Directors
Attachments: Easement and Right of Way documents
STMOAEPEP